Word: strived
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...official University policy put in place in response to the Katz recommendations. The WBPP says that the University must “strive to ensure” that contracted custodial, dining and security workers “receive total compensation comparable to that offered to corresponding University employees...
Until then, the team will work towards improving itself, setting its starting lineup and ushering in the new nucleus of wrestlers that will each strive to replicate Jantzen’s epic title...
...actually derive some sense of satisfaction from their work. I’d like to believe myself to be in this second category. I’m not neurotic—I simply demand the highest quality of work from myself, and I set high standards and strive to fulfill them...
...responsibility to the world, our nation and our troops by allowing this situation to continue. It must end - now. Bill Welch Blue Springs, Missouri, U.S. In his October speech to the U.N. General Assembly, President Bush declared, "We know that dictators are quick to choose aggression, while free nations strive to resolve differences in peace." Is that positive proof of the President's lack of awareness of how his country's recent actions are perceived internationally? I am not suggesting that the U.S. is a dictatorship, but it's ironic Bush noted that free nations prefer peaceful means. Callum Smellie...
...Denouncing Islamic Terrorism It is good that TIME highlighted the fact that there are moderate Muslims who denounce Islamic terrorism and strive for a more tolerant and open interpretation of Islam [Sept. 13]. Sadly, many of those Muslims learned their moderation from contact with the West; current Islamic culture by itself seems unable to produce such broad-mindedness on a large scale. That is not too surprising. In most Muslim countries, citizens are not exposed to the true teachings of other religions; indeed, they are often encouraged to despise others' beliefs, although ignorant of their actual meaning. Anyone who challenges...